Wei X, Cui J. Why were so few people infected with H7N9 influenza A viruses in China from late 2017 to 2018?. Sci China Life Sci. 2018 Oct 23. Abstractsubmitted by kickingbird at Oct, 30, 2018 from Sci China Life Sci. 2018 Oct 23 (via https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11427-018-9406-)Since the first human infection case with H7N9 avian influenzavirus(AIVs)wasidentifiedinMarch2013,therehas six viral outbreak waves recorded in China as of September 2018. In total, there have been 1,567 ...

Gaba A, Xu F, Lu Y, Park HS, Liu G, Zhou Y. THE NS1 PROTEIN OF INFLUENZA A VIRUS PARTICIPATES IN NECROPTOSIS BY INTERACTING WITH MLKL AND INCREASING ITS OLIGOMERIZATION AND MEMBRANE TRANSLOCATION. J Virol. 2018 Oct 24. Abstractsubmitted by kickingbird at Oct, 27, 2018 from J Virol. 2018 Oct 24 (via https://jvi.asm.org/content/early/2018/10/19/JVI.01835-18.lo)Elimination of infected cells by programmed cell death is a well-recognized host defense mechanism to control the spread of infection. In addition to apoptosis, necroptosis is also one of the mechanisms ...

Hird SM, Ganz H, Eisen JA, Boyce WM. The Cloacal Microbiome of Five Wild Duck Species Varies by Species and Influenza A Virus Infection Status. mSphere. 2018 Oct 24;3(5).. Abstractsubmitted by kickingbird at Oct, 27, 2018 from mSphere. 2018 Oct 24;3(5). (via https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30355662)Waterfowl, especially ducks of the genus Anas, are natural reservoir species for influenza A virus (IAV). Duck populations contain nearly all the known diversity of IAVs, and the birds are asymptomatic ...